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I am giving serious thought to extending my oil change intervals to 25,000 miles from 15,000 (Volvo, VE-12 engine, straight truck). What leads me to do so is the improved oil (API CJ-4) that is now coming to market in response to the new 2007 engines that are also coming to market. See oil...

Merry Christmas and happy New Year from Phil and Diane in Minnesota. May peace and prosperity be yours in 2007.

It is quite natural and quite common for people who first learn about expediting to immediatly start thinking of the kind of truck they want to drive; both for when they first start out and for later when they are in a position to spec the truck of their dreams. In the latest edition of...

Yesterday a football player being interviewed on TV after an NFL game said, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift." Those are good words. We can only live in the present. Those who focus on what they have right now tend to be more happy and fulfilled than those who...

>Good luck John.. John and I have had several phone >conversations regarding this purchase and I have to commend >him for his diligence and research. He could put together a >article for newbies that are getting into this business with >real facts not some glossed over pie in the sky scheme...

We have purchased Flying J fuel in both states you mention. No problems.

One other thing. It is not uncommon for truck drivers with over-the-road experience to get into expediting and then leave it soon after. For many, the sitting and waiting for freight is more than they can bear. If you have not already done so, you may wish to read "Introduction to Expediting" to...

You have some time to plan. You have experience on the road. You have money in your pocket. You have been exposed to truck-show eye candy more than once and kept your spending in check. And... you have the possibility that your wife will join you as an expediter and co-driver in the future...

Back at you,nightcreacher. Best wishes to you and all our EO friends, online and in the office, this holiday season.

When you go home for the holidays and put yourself out of service, do you put just the truck out or yourself (yourselves for teams) too? There is a difference, at least at FedEx. If you put your truck out of service but leave yourself in, you can be called in for a drug test; which might not be...

While the idea may be good in some cases, trucks with lift gates would not likely need a carry-along dock plate. Lift gates work great for moving freight from one truck to another.

I once served as the foreman of a jury on a traffic case that lasted a full week. It took that long for the witnesses and experts from both sides to explain their views of an accident that occured in a split second and was over as fast; and for the jury to discuss everything and reach a...

WD-40 until the lock starts acting up. Then buy a new one. We replace a lock about once a year and, just in case, keep bolt cutters in a handy place.

>For the week $6956.54 >Minus FSC toll $ 751.54 >20% based on $6205.00 > >Drivers pay is $1240.00 ------------------------------ I must be missing something here. Compare the above numbers with two previous deals we had with two different fleet owners: >For the week $6956.54 >Minus...

Each year we go out of service to be home for Christmas and go back into service after the family festivities are complete. A load would have to be very, very big to interrupt our Christmas. Christmas is for us, not for freight. The soldier in our family (one of our nephews) will be home for...

Following up on the suggestion to go to the financial press for objective and verifiable indicators that will help us determine if we are in good times or bad, I picked a publication at random, Business Week, and saw the following. Each year Business Week surveys a group of economists and other...

As reported by the other FedEx contractors who spoke in this thread, Diane and I also find the miles listed on the offer to be virtually the same as miles actually driven. Exceptions occur when we deviate from the suggested routing, usually to avoid a rush hour mess, sometimes to avoid a rotten...

To each his own, OK? I have never once suggested that people should build a truck like ours. Nor would I suggest people should buy trucks like yours. Each owner-operator should have the truck that is right (and profitable) for him or her. Also, kindly note that our monthly truck payment is...

>Man is there anything positive about this anymore? See the topic, "A Little Bit of Positive Input...." http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/4967.html

>ATeam: "good" & "bad" are SUBJECTIVE - they cannot be proven >by OBJECTIVE & VERIFIABLE means, even by the wisest among >us. Fair enough. The term "bad times" has been used by many posters in the past and I thought it would be ok here. Let me be more specific. What objective and verifiable...